A wolf, part of a pack which has allegedly killed at least seven people, being taken in a cage after it was captured, in Bahraich district, Thursday, Aug 29, 2024.
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A forest department team of Uttar Pradesh captured a fully grown male wolf on Thursday (August 29, 2024) under its ‘Operation Bhediya’ launched to capture a pack of wolves on the prowl in Mehsi tehsil of Bahraich district that has so far killed seven people.
The department has so far captured four wolves.
Barabanki Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Akashdeep Badhawan, the in-charge of ‘Operation Bhediya’, said a male wolf was trapped in one of the cages set up near Sisayya Chudamani village in the morning. “The animal caught is a fully grown male,” he said.
Six children and a woman have been killed by the animals in the last month and a half in Bahraich with the latest attack taking place in a village on the intervening night of Monday (August 26, 2024) and Tuesday (August 27, 2024).
Drone cameras and thermal drone mapping techniques are being used by the forest department to catch the wolves. Permission to tranquillise the animals has been granted by the chief wildlife warden, according to an official statement.
As per the forest department, there is uncertainty about the total number of wolves in the area.
Principal Chief Forest Conservator (Wildlife) Sanjay Srivastava on Wednesday (August 28, 2024) said, “16 teams were working to capture the wolves, and 12 district-level officers are also stationed here.”
“Additional Principal Chief Forest Conservator Renu Singh will remain on-site until the remaining wolves are captured,” he added.
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